Soccer Spartans lose 2-1 to No. 8 Helias

Tuesday

Oct 2, 2012 at 12:00 PM

Chuck Embree, MI Sports Reporter

Nathan Sowers of Moberly netted a first half goal Monday with an assist coming from Mitchell Ewing, but that effort was not enough as the soccer Spartans returned home from Jefferson City last night losing 2-1 to Class 2 No. 8-ranked Helias.

Moberly (4-11) will travel through Jefferson City again today but farther south to play against Camdenton.

“For our third time we were once again without some regular starters due to injury or a violation of team rules. But I thought our guys really played pretty well against a good Helias team,” said Moberly interim head coach Jim Cooksey. “Nathan made a really nice shot on goal to make the score 2-1 at the half. We moved three or four kids around to a different position in this game but still used four defensive backs. I think doing this really helped our team in this particular game.”